thing. we have to get through now the debt ceiling, so i don't think it's clear sailing by any means. i think you're going to see volatility, but look at the economic data here. i mean, the non-farm payroll numbers here were in line, but they are encouraging on the private sector job growth, encouraging on our hourly earnings, and i think even the ism services was quite encouraging, so the u.s. is actually on better footing, and i think we can handle all the tax implications and the spending cuts a little bit better, about trend line 2% gdp growth, nothing great, but certainly not like the recessionary fears of where we were a year ago, and then globally you've got china recovering in some of the other markets like brazil and india doing a little bit better. >> so it's all progress. we're not there yet. >> progress, yes. >> joe greco, spoke to you guys on the floor, and there's a group highly skeptical of this rally. they are not happy at all with what came out of washington, and there are plenty of you guys who are very positive like ralph. where do you stand right now? >> you know, i
